Vehicle-guard.



N0.' 826 ,432. PATENTED JULY 17, 1906.

1 F. E. JOUSSET.

VEHICLE GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED APB..4,1906.

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of a portion of the guard.

the means adopted to connect the guards on FLORA a. Joofssnr,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

VEHICLE-GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1906.

I Application'filed Apri14,1906. Serial No. 309,800.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, 'FLo'RA E. Joussn'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at {New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Guards, of which the following is a, specification.

My invention relates to vehicle-guards, and is adapted to fit around the body and.

wheels of a vehicle in proximity with the ground, so that objectswhich may lie in the path of a wagon or car may be deflected and thrown aside, so that a vehicle is relieved from danger of damage and pedestrians or people Walking in the path of the wagon or 'car are not exposed tothe danger of being run over.

These and other objects of my invention are more fully described in the following specification and pointed out in the appended claims. I

In the drawings forming a part of this application and accompanying-same like reference characters are used to designate the same parts in the various figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an automobile provided with my improved guard. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a street-car also provided with a guard. Fig. 3 is a detail view Fig. 4 represents a train of cars, so as to make the said guard continuous.

In providing an automobile with this improved guard a rod 5 is arranged around the car, including its wheels, and hung from the body of the car by means of the brackets 6 or similar means, and on this rod 5 is hung a guard 6, which has its lower end connected to a rodand which is made of collapsible material, such as metal links strung together, as shown in detail in Fig. 3, where it will be seen that the links 7 are provided ,with eyes 8 which engage each other. At certain points along the length of the guard it is divided and is adapted to be shoved aside uponthe rods, so that access may be had to the machinery below the car. These sections of the guard may be hooked together again by means of any suitable device and the guard again given the appearanceof being one continuous piece. In'the use of the guard on an automobile it is obvious that I ma' confine myself to the useyof canvas or ot er stout fabric, which will not only .protect people who mi ht be thrown down in the path of the automo ile, but will also serve to prevent the spread of dust and dirt by the vehicle as it tion of air which results from rapid motion would in this case be confined to asm all area, and conseque's'itly its effect upon the dust of the road would be reduced to a minimum. In applying this device to a street-car, as shown in Fig. 2, the car is also provided with a rod 5, which is arranged around the body and latform, and this curtain of wirework or simi ar material is hung thereon and is adapted at certain points to permit of access to machinery beneath the car and is hooked together, as above described. It is evident that such a guard as this may be used on a train of cars and-the guard of each car conneeted .With the adjacent car by means of a short section of the material, so that the whole train may be provided with the guard,

by being thrown or drawn under the train.

Various modifications may suggest themselves in the use of this device without departing from the broad'idea of a guard to fit around the frame of a vehicle.

be formed into a point or angle, as at 6, in

ance and be more effectual in pushing people or objects aside in case theyhappen to be in the road of the wagon or car.

In. Fig. 4 I have shown the means of connecting the ends of the guards of two separate cars, and in this case I use a collapsing frame 9, similar to the ordinary folding gates employed as entrances to the platforms of cars, and this connection allows a contractwo cars, so that a complete shield is afforded along the whole length of a train.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim as new is 1. In a guard for vehicles, the combination of a rod adapted to be attached to the vehicle, of a curtain adapted'to be carried with the rod'and slid upon same.

2. In a guard for vehicles, the combination with a rod carried by-the vehicle, of two or more curtains made of flexible material and adapted to be separated or'drawn and held together.

3. In a guard for vehicles, the combination with two or more curtains made of flexipasses at a rapid rate of speed. The circular so as to protect people or animals from death order to givethesame a symmetrical appear-" At the front end of vehicles the guard may I tion or expansion of the space between the ble material adapted to be suspended from In testimony whereof I affix my signature tlfic vehicle and flexilblefcolrlmections joilllinlg1 in presence of two Witnesses. t e two adjacent en s 0: t e curtain, w 1ic Y may be attached to connected vehicles-s0 FLORA JOLSSET' 5 that the space between the vehicles may be Witnesses:

increased or decreased While the curtain re- JAMES F. DUHAMEL, mains substantially one ccntinuous piece. K. ALLEN. 

